Wroxton Obelisk - Wroxton, Oxfordshire, UK
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Dragontree
N 52° 04.094 W 001° 23.357
30U E 610404 N 5769851
This large obelisk stands towering above Wroxton village in the countryside.
Waymark Code: WM656R
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/05/2009
Views: 7
The obelisk is about 40-50ft high and is built of the same Horton stone present throughout the area. Francis North, one of the owner's of Wroxton Abbey nearby, also known as the Earl of Guildford, commissioned the erection of the obelisk to commemorate the visit to Wroxton and the Banbury races, by the Prince of Wales, Frederick of Hanover in 1739.
An inscription on the obelisk reads:
'FREDERICUS
WALLIAE PRINCEPS
OPTIMUS MUNIFICENTISSMUS
A SERVO SUO
FRANCISCO DOMINO NORTH ET GUILFORD
WROXTONIAE HOSPITIO EXCEPTUS
IN
AMOENITATIS INCREMENTUM
ET
ADVENTUS SU MEMORIAM
OBELISCUM HUNC EXTRUI JUSSIT
MEN SE SEPTEMBR MDCCXXXIX'
Date Created/Placed: 1739
Height: 40-50ft
Illuminated: no
Website: [Web Link]
Address: Not listed
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